Coat-protector



H. SCHACHNE. COAT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25,1919.

Patented. Mar. 30, 1920.

WIT/VESSlES a My ATTORNEYS";

iinrriansrarn HANNAH SCHACI-INE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COAT-PROTECTOR.

Application filed June 25, 1919.

To all whom it may concern,-

Be it known that I, HANNAH SOHAOHNE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York have invented a new and Improved Coat-Protector, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I

This invention relates to accoutrements or appliances for polishing metal buttons or the like for uniforms and has particular reference to a device adapted to be placed around and beneath a button while sewed or otherwise fastened to a coat or other garment, whereby the polishing materials are kept from coming into contact with the fabric.

More specifically the device relates to a tray-like structure adapted to embrace a button shank lying beneath the button between the button and the fabric and. the tray having an up-turned rim designed to receive and hold any dust or other particles of cleansing materials until the cleansing operation is completed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvement with the parts in normal position, but detached from the garment.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same on the line 3-3 and indicating a button enibraced by the protector; and

Fig. l is a sectional detail on the line FA- of Fig. 1.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings I show my improved protector as comprising two main parts 10 and 11. which are approximately semi-circular in form and pivoted together permanently, the pivot .12 passing through the overlapping ends or points 10 and 11 of the respective sections.

The sections 10 and 11 are provided with arc-shaped peripheral flanges 10 and 11 Specification of Letters Patent. Patentiecl lllltl. 3Q 1921?.

Serial No. 306,628.

bent upward and inward as shown clearly 111 l igs. 5 and d, the flange extending all the way from the pivot or polnt sect1ons around to a cutaway 13 where the remote points of the semi-circular sections are removed with. their reversely curved edges remote from the pivot. The flange 1O as shown in Fig. 2 overlaps the pivot portion 1]. of the other section thereby forming a more stable and reliable pivot connection than if one were applied directly over the other.

The flat portions of the sections 10 and 11 are provided with overlapping and interlocking diametrical edges 10", 10", 11 and 11. In other words each of these edges is divided into two parts by means of a notch 14 formed therein substantially V-shaped and about midway between the pivot 12 and the cutaway portion 13. As shown the two edge portions 10 and 11 of the respective disk sections each overlap corresponding portions 11 and 10 respectively thereby making it practically impossible for any looseness of action to take place in any direction except around the axis of the pivot. In other words with the interlocking of the edge portions just described neither disk section may be forced up or down with respect to the other while in operation. The notches 1% provide a clearance or opening for the shank b of the button B.

As a suitable automatic means for holding the disk sections drawn to each other I provide a contractile coil spring 15, the ends of which are anchored at 16 in the ends of the rim portions 10 and 11 The otherwise fiat bottom portions of the disk are provided with shallow depressions or thumb grips 16 as near as convenient to the cut-aways 13.

The operation is as follows: The operator grasps the two disk portions at the depression 16 and spreads them apart around the pivot 12 against the force of the spring 15 so as to bring the button up through the cutaway 18 and along the straight edges of the disk members until it is received in the notches 14. The spring then returns the parts to normal position and holds them with the button braced in the notches and with the overlapping and interlocking edges of the disk members substantially sealing the joint between the movable sections. Said notches are arranged about midway between the pivot and the cutaway and hence at about the center of the imperforate bottom or field of tray sections. Any polishing materials that may be used for polishing the metal buttons and which may spatter or become separated from the buttons will naturally fall on and be retained by the disk sections and their upturned flanges. With the exercise of only ordinary care no dust, dirt or any materials likely to soil the garments can ever come into contact therewith throughout the cleansing of any number of buttons. After the cleansing operation is completed obviously the accumulation of dust or the like within the tray may be removed therefrom by dumping it out through the cutaway portion thereof.

I claim:

A button cleaning shield, comprising two approximately semi-circular disk-like members having upwardly and inwardly extending rims and pivoted together at one side with their edges in overlapping engagement, said overlapping edges being provided with notches forming an opening for a button shank, said members being cut away opposite the pivot to form an opening leading out through the rim and through which a button may be passed to facilitate inserting the shank of the button in the opening of said edges, the members being provided with a depressed portion adjacent the cut-away portion forming thumb grips, and a coil spring secured to rims of the members at the cut away portion.

HANNAH SCHACHNE. In the presence of FRANCIS J. MoEoKnL. 

